Integrating Systematics and Conservation
November 9, 2023
Main reading:
Leading discussion: Alex Linan
Main reading:
Leading discussion: Alex Linan
November 16, 2023
Main reading:
Leading discussion: Juan Carlos Penagos
Main reading:
Leading discussion: Juan Carlos Penagos
November 30, 2023
Main reading:
Leading discussion: TBD
Main reading:
Leading discussion: TBD
December 14, 2023
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Leading discussion: TBD
Main reading:
Leading discussion: TBD
March 19
Main reading:
Stevens, J.T., et al. 2020. Biogeography of fire regimes in western U.S. conifer forests: A trait-based approach. Global Ecology and Biogeography. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Eli Kallison
Main reading:
Stevens, J.T., et al. 2020. Biogeography of fire regimes in western U.S. conifer forests: A trait-based approach. Global Ecology and Biogeography. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Eli Kallison
March 26
Main reading:
Benning, J. W., & Moeller, D. A. 2021. Microbes, mutualism, and range margins: testing the fitness consequences of soil microbial communities across and beyond a native plant's range. New Phytologist, 229(5), 2886-2900. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Amanda Wu
Main reading:
Benning, J. W., & Moeller, D. A. 2021. Microbes, mutualism, and range margins: testing the fitness consequences of soil microbial communities across and beyond a native plant's range. New Phytologist, 229(5), 2886-2900. PDF / SM
Leading discussion: Amanda Wu
April 2 - No Discussion - Spring Break!
April 9
Main reading:
Brooks, D.R. and Boeger, W.A. 2019. Climate change and emerging infectious diseases: Evolutionary complexity in action. Systems Biology. PDF
Optional reading:
Sanderson, C.E. and Kathleen A. Alexander, K.A. 2020. Uncharted waters: Climate change likely to intensify infectious disease outbreaks causing mass mortality events in marine mammals. Global Change Biology. PDF / SM1 / SM2
Leading discussion: Patricia Mendoza
Main reading:
Brooks, D.R. and Boeger, W.A. 2019. Climate change and emerging infectious diseases: Evolutionary complexity in action. Systems Biology. PDF
Optional reading:
Sanderson, C.E. and Kathleen A. Alexander, K.A. 2020. Uncharted waters: Climate change likely to intensify infectious disease outbreaks causing mass mortality events in marine mammals. Global Change Biology. PDF / SM1 / SM2
Leading discussion: Patricia Mendoza
April 16
Main reading:
Carvalho, M. R., et al. 2021Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests. Science 372, 63–68. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Jacobs, B.F. and Ellen D. Currano, E.D. 2021.The impactful origin of neotropical rainforests. Science 372, 28-29. PDF
Leading discussion: William Farfan-Rios
Main reading:
Carvalho, M. R., et al. 2021Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests. Science 372, 63–68. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Jacobs, B.F. and Ellen D. Currano, E.D. 2021.The impactful origin of neotropical rainforests. Science 372, 28-29. PDF
Leading discussion: William Farfan-Rios
April 23
Main reading:
Sandstedt, G. D., C. A. Wu, and A. L. Sweigart. 2021. Evolution of multiple postzygotic barriers between species of the Mimulus tilingii complex. Evolution 75:600–613. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Joffard, N., W. T. A. F. Silva, and A. D. Twyford. 2021. Digest: The role of postzygotic isolation in Mimulus speciation. Evolution 75:756–758. PDF
Leading discussion: Jason Paul Joines
Main reading:
Sandstedt, G. D., C. A. Wu, and A. L. Sweigart. 2021. Evolution of multiple postzygotic barriers between species of the Mimulus tilingii complex. Evolution 75:600–613. PDF / SM
Optional reading:
Joffard, N., W. T. A. F. Silva, and A. D. Twyford. 2021. Digest: The role of postzygotic isolation in Mimulus speciation. Evolution 75:756–758. PDF
Leading discussion: Jason Paul Joines